Full Flex Veterinary Physiotherapy

03/01/2026

APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE
NN6 - LE9

Travelling on the route below afternoon of Monday 12th, I have time for a session around 1pm or 4pm, location depending. Happy to deviate slightly.

02/01/2026

Happy New Year to all! 🎉

It’s my first day back out on the road today, and I’m really looking forward to seeing some clients.

I’ve recently switched to using the Equigate system to streamline my admin and keep everything in one place for you - appointments, forms, and invoicing. The system is very easy to use; you’ll receive a simple link to connect with the practice, and once you’ve joined, I’ll take care of the rest.

24/12/2025

🎄Merry Christmas everyone🎄

Hope you’re all taking a well deserved break with friends, family and fluffy noses!

Don’t forget, less is more with horses so don’t feel pressured to fire them around the block just so you’ve ridden. It will be much more beneficial to take them for a short low intensity leg stretch - even in hand.

Passive stretches, backing up, asking them to step away from you are all very useful tools to get them moving and provide some brain activation when you’re short on time without straining cold body tissues.

22/12/2025

A new batch of workwear recieved ready to start the new year fresh! Thank you 247 Clothing Direct.

22/12/2025

🎁COMPETITION TIME🎁

I have five 15% off vouchers left over from this years trade stands!

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28/11/2025

BLACK FRIDAY OFFER!
Available for new and existing clients, some evening sessions available.

✨ Benefits of Physiotherapy for Your Horse:
💪 Enhances performance and flexibility
🦵 Aids recovery from injury or workload strain
🧘 Improves posture and muscle balance
🫶 Supports long-term soundness and comfort

Whether your horse is in full work, coming back from injury, or just needs a seasonal check-up. We’ll help them stay supple, strong, and pain-free.

Offer only valid today 28/11/2025 - book now to secure your session!

19/11/2025

‼️Last of Novembers availability‼️

Wednesday 26th November, Afternoon of Evening sessions available.

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17/11/2025

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17/11/2025

Very pleased with my own 5yo, Nova whom completed two day Onley Grounds Equestrian Complex this weekend. She produced 4 lovely rounds with a naughty 4f in our last round for nappyiness but a great turn around after having quite a severe confidence knock and not getting past five at our last BS show.

Nova was treated with the PEMF pads between jumping days to aid with relaxation, muscle recovery in promoting circulation and aiding in any microhealing.

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15/11/2025

Thank you EQUI Laundry for getting my rugs back to me in perfect time for storm Claudia! No better feeling than putting on fresh rugs🤩

Equilaundry customers recieve 15% Full Flex Veterinary Physiotherapy treatments ~ Quote Equilaundry with the same name you used for rug washing.

13/11/2025

Very interesting read, ulcers became abit of a buzz word a few years back and rightfully so. It’s not something that should be left unconsidered.

The “Stifle Lameness” That Wasn’t: A Story About Referred Pain

I once had a client who told me about a horse that developed an odd, on-again off-again hind-end lameness that no one could quite pin down. Some days the horse looked off behind, as if his stifle was sore; other days he moved completely normally. Nothing about it followed the usual patterns. Things that should have made a stifle issue worse didn’t seem to, and things that “should have” helped it, didn’t.

We were all very confused.

One day, the vet happened to be on the property with a brand-new scope and offered to scope several horses for gastric ulcers — partly to familiarize themselves with the equipment. When they scoped this particular horse, they found significant stomach ulcers.

The horse was placed on a veterinarian-directed ulcer-care plan, and within a few weeks, something unexpected happened:
the ulcers healed, and the mysterious “stifle lameness” vanished along with them.

It turned out the stifle itself had never been the problem. The horse had been expressing ulcer-related visceral pain as stifle discomfort — a classic example of referred pain.

Why Ulcers Can Look Like Hind-End or Stifle Issues

This situation is a great illustration of how the equine body handles pain. Signals from the internal organs and the limbs travel through overlapping pathways in the spinal cord.

Here’s what science tells us:

1. Visceral nerves and musculoskeletal nerves converge.

The stomach and the hindquarters share overlapping spinal segments, especially through the thoracolumbar region. When the stomach is irritated, the brain can misinterpret those signals as coming from the back, pelvis, or stifle.

2. Fascia connects everything.

The deep fascial membranes link the viscera to the musculoskeletal system. When the gut is irritated, the horse may brace through the abdomen and back, altering pelvic motion and limb loading.

3. Protective guarding changes movement patterns.

A horse in visceral discomfort often holds tension through the core, diaphragm, and back. This can create subtle gait irregularities that look orthopedic but aren’t.

When the gastric discomfort resolved under the veterinarian’s care, the nervous system stopped sending those distress signals — and the hind-end “lameness” disappeared.

✳️ Why This Matters

Not every hind-end irregularity originates in a limb. Sometimes the body is expressing visceral discomfort through movement changes.

This story is a reminder of how important it is to work closely with a wonderful veterinarian, and to consider the whole horse — inside and out.

https://koperequine.com/fascia-the-skeleton-of-the-nerves/